Getting MySQL to start on boot

[Guest saberworks]

I'm trying to get MySQL to start when my mandrake 9.0 system boots. I have gone to the services pane and and checked the 'on boot' command. It's still indented, but mysql isn't starting when the system boots. When I click 'start' in the services pane, mysql starts, but the pane freezes up, and I have to kill it to make it go away.

 

Is there a manual way to start the service? I see the mysql script in the /etc/init.d/ directory... How to make it start automatically? Thanks in advance!

[johnnyv]

you can use webmin to start it

if webmin is installed and running

open a browser

type in https://localhost:10000

enter username as root

and your root password

 

click on the server tab

click on mysql

there will be a start mysql button if mysql is not running.

 

Or if your not afraid of the console,

you could just open up a console and type is "su"(without the quotes of course) then your root password to enter super user mode.

type in "service mysql start"

[Guest LinuxExplorer]

Actually, within Webmin you can go to System (at the top) -> Bootup and Shutdown -> click on the Mysql hyperlink -> at the new menu there should be a radio button to select Start at boot time right underneath the text for the script. Don't edit the script, just select Yes and Save. That worked fine for my case. I tried going through MCC too, but this worked better for me. If you need to install the Webmin RPM:

 

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.0/...6mdk.noarch.rpm

[Guest saberworks]

Any way to do this without webmin because I don't have it and don't really want it... It must just be a conf file somewhere I can add a line to, right? Thanks again!